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Homeless Man Arrested for Motel Rapes in Bronx

Prior Arrests for Raping 15-Year-Old Girl

Police say they made an arrest in two rapes in the same Bronx motel two months apart. 


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

November 28, 2022


BRONX - A man living in a Randalls Island homeless shelter, who has previous arrests for sexual assaults, has been charged with raping two women in the same motel moths apart. 


Police arrested 28-year-old Dashawn Williams and charged him with 2 counts of rape and 2 counts of menacing for two separate attacks at the 7 Days Hotel two months apart. 


Williams’ last known address is a homeless shelter on Randalls Island. 




Williams is well-known to the criminal justice system with numerous arrests. 



In 2015, he was charged with raping a 15-year-old girl. He served almost three years in an upstate prison for attempted rape in 2017. 




Investigators believe Williams is the man in the surveillance videos inside the 7 Days Hotel who was wanted in two separate rapes. 


The attacker first struck at around 7:30 am on September 17. Cops say the suspect responded to an online post and went to the motel at 2338 Bruckner Blvd.


Brandishing a “sharp cutting instrument” the attacker robbed and then raped the 25-year-old woman.


He fled the hotel with an unknown amount of cash. 


The victim refused medical treatment.


Cops say the rapist struck again in the same manner at around 6 am on November 8. Again he met his victim by responding to a post online. Again he met his victim at the 7 Days Hotel and used a sharp instrument to rob and rape this 26-year-old victim.


The motel is on the service road outside the Zerega Industrial Park. It is a short distance from Home Depot and across the way from the old Whitestone Movie Theater which reportedly is going to be turned into an Amazon fulfillment center. 

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Location: 2338 Bruckner Blvd, The Bronx, NY 10473, USA

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